Chapter 114 (1/2)

Chapter 114: Instant K.O

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Necromancy Mage Tower.

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The only person who understood what happened was Link.

He drank the third Mana Recovery potion without hesitation, overloading his body with more toxins. Even with his abdomen frozen, he could still feel the burning sensation searing through his intestines.

The accumulation of toxins in his body had also begun to affect his nervous systems. He was having double vision and a pulsing sensation in his brain. He was somehow maintaining consciousness through all these discomforts.

Link bit his tongue to jolt himself sober. He could not afford to lose focus now.

Link had 500 Mana Points after drinking the potion as his Mana was completely depleted from the Dimensional Jump spell. He then pinched Herrera on the arm to signal her it was time to attack.

“Charge!”

Link hollered and held the Domingo Crystal in his arms, extracting the fire elementals stored inside the crystal to the tip of his wand, already set up with the magic formation of a Flame Blast spell.

After 1.1 seconds, a burning incandescent fireball appeared at the tip of the wand. Link’s eyes darted across the hall, actively searching for Bale while he was channeling the spell.

The plan was simple. Link would keep Bale occupied while Herrera dealt with the Necromancer. However, Bale was nowhere in sight. When the Flame Blast spell was fully formed, Link did not release it immediately in case of any emergencies.

Herrera raised her crystal staff towards Shade and started casting her spell. After 1.2 seconds, she whispered, “The Light of Zenith!”

Light of Zenith

Level-4 Light Element spell

Casting Time: 2.5 seconds.

Mana Cost: 600 points.

Effect: Creates a high-temperature light sword with strong purifying powers. All Level-5 and below spells will be purified directly.

(Note: Herrera’s triumph card)

This spell was extremely difficult to master and the original time needed to cast this spell was 2.5 seconds. Herrera not only finished the entire spellcasting process in a second, she even managed to enhance the spell with Supreme Magical Skills. A pure white light sword one-foot-long in diameter appeared in her hand. She swung the sword towards Shade, giving him no time to react.

Flame Blast and The Light of Zenith! How can they cast it so fast! Shade was completely bewildered, the two green flames around him dancing more vigorously than before. Although he knew it was a dead end, his instincts were to immediately set up a defensive spell.

Purple magic runes started surrounding his body, and it only took a second before a defensive barrier was set up. This was even faster than Herrera’s Light of Zenith casting time!

“Dark Runic Barrier!”

The reason for the fast casting time was the magic formation Shade had prepared way beforehand. He merely had to activate the magic formation to release the spell. This was his backup plan in case he ever got ambushed.

Dark Runic Barrier

Level-5 Defensive spell

Effect: Generate a barrier with dark element particles before enhancing it with runes. Effective against both physical and magical attacks.

This was the only magic formation Shade had that could be released in his Mage Tower. His other magic formations were all built to release external attacks. He had few visitors and was a Necromancer, he hence fully focused his offensive power to the outside of the tower where most, if not all, of his threats came from.

As a Necromancer, he also could not openly purchase raw materials on the market as well. He had to be calculative with the way he used his limited resources.

This Dark Runic Barrier was to be used in case of an emergency.

To think the day would come so soon!

Boom!

The collision of the light and dark spells caused a deafening explosion.

Although the Light of Zenith was a Level-4 spell, it was enhanced with both Supreme Magical Skills and Herrera’s inner gift for light elemental magic. Furthermore, Herrera’s staff was also an item of the Legends—this spell had offensive power way higher than ordinary Level-4 spells.

Beams of light refracted off the dark elemental barrier and hit the walls of the Mage Tower. The refracted light reduced all it touched to rubble and quickly weakened the strength of the Dark Runic Barrier.

In the end, only one damaged dark rune was left circling Shade.

“A strong light spell indeed, but it was not enough,” Shade spoke, sounding defeated. He had already seen the Flame Blast spell that Link had channeled.

Defending against the Light of Zenith did not mean anything. His Dark Runic Barrier could never defend against two consecutive Level-4 spells. He knew he would have lost from the very beginning.